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Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)

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458 points turrini | 2 comments | 06 Dec 25 21:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.024s | source
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gentooflux ◴[06 Dec 25 23:37 UTC] No.46177636[source]▶
RMS could have taken a photo of his screen, or done something cheeky like dump his screen to a padded ASCII text file and submitted that. Stick in the mud.
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zvmaz ◴[07 Dec 25 01:50 UTC] No.46178480[source]▶
"I don't know how to make a screenshot"

Linus Torvalds often says that he does not know how to do X (like install a Linux distribution, or other simple stuff). I wager that it's a status thing.

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1. hombre_fatal ◴[07 Dec 25 08:08 UTC] No.46180069[source]▶
It’s disdain.
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2. ekjhgkejhgk ◴[07 Dec 25 09:46 UTC] No.46180479[source]▶
Nah, I think he's right, it's signaling.

I think Linus and Stallman don't have disdain for "civilians". I think Linus in particular has deep disdain for people who pretend to be competent and then are not up to scrutiny; but he doesn't have those blowouts with dumbasses that he doesn't work with.

On the other hand, someone who strikes me has having universal disdain is Carmack.